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Order of the Stick Kickstarter thing
01-23-2012, 08:23 PM
I don't know if any of you guys read OotS, but I figured it was likely, and that at least one of you might be interested in this. Rich Burlew, the guy who does OotS, has started up a Kickstarter donation thing in order to put the books back in print. Its very near already to the minimum required (after two days), but as donation rewards, he's offered pdfs of backstories for a few characters (O-Chul is the only one listed, but there will be three more, as other donation rewards have been met.) for whoever puts in $10 or more into the pot. The link is here, for any of you who are interested.
I hope no one minds my putting this here.
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Not at all -- it's cool.
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Thanks. I was worried about sounding too ad-like.
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Okay, how can I say this?
We know you. You're not "Salesman F. Nike" trying to post through the membership request system. Kickstarter projects of possible interest to the forum membership are not considered "ads".
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Bob Schroeck Wrote:Okay, how can I say this?
We know you. 
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As of about 3:00 on Wednesday, January 25, this project has raised $132,992. Wow.
Mr. Burlew has been adding additional rewards, and has been making regular graphs charting the donation progress.
Jan. 23:
![[Image: KickstarterGraph_Jan23.png]](http://www.giantitp.com/Images/gitpkick/KickstarterGraph_Jan23.png)
Jan 24 (Mid-day):
![[Image: KickstarterGraph_Jan24a.png]](http://www.giantitp.com/Images/gitpkick/KickstarterGraph_Jan24a.png)
Jan 24 (End of day):
![[Image: KickstarterGraph_Jan24b.png]](http://www.giantitp.com/Images/gitpkick/KickstarterGraph_Jan24b.png)
Jan 25 (Mid-day):
![[Image: KickstarterGraph_Jan25.png]](http://www.giantitp.com/Images/gitpkick/KickstarterGraph_Jan25.png)
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It just keeps on going up. This is actually pretty fun to watch. As of this post, he has raised $177,065, and will be adding more prize packages in the next day or two.
Here's the graph for Jan. 26:
![[Image: KickstarterGraph_Jan26.png]](http://www.giantitp.com/Images/gitpkick/KickstarterGraph_Jan26.png)
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And here is the graph for Jan. 27:
![[Image: KickstarterGraph_Jan27.png]](http://www.giantitp.com/Images/gitpkick/KickstarterGraph_Jan27.png)
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Holy Shit, in 5 days he's nearly 200k?
that's insanely awesome! 
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As of my typing this post, the counter is at $213,518. (And I had to correct this number four times as I was typing this post.)
Also, just in the interests of completionism, this is the picture that is at the top of the Kickstarter page, and is referenced in one of the graphs.
![[Image: photo-full.jpg]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/projects/66882/photo-full.jpg)
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Just shy of $240K as of a moment ago. And did anyone look at the pledges, and how many rewards have already been sold out? Someone singlehandedly pledged at least $5000. Three people pledged $1250. Yow.
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Mystery Prize #2 has been announced:
![[Image: DimSun.png]](http://www.giantitp.com/Images/gitpkick/DimSun.png)
As of this post, the total raised is $235,327.
And, as always, here is the latest graph, for January 28:
![[Image: KickstarterGraph_Jan28.png]](http://www.giantitp.com/Images/gitpkick/KickstarterGraph_Jan28.png)
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Dim Sun. . .
*looks at a source book he was given once* ... Cambial Halflings...
Would anyone really notice the difference with Belkar?
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Here's the Jan 30 graph. Also, as of this post, the counter has passed the $255,000 mark, so Don't Split the Party is going to be added to the rewards soon. I wouldn't be surprised if that speeds the growth back up, as people adjust their pledges for the new packages.
![[Image: KickstarterGraph_Jan30.png]](http://www.giantitp.com/Images/gitpkick/KickstarterGraph_Jan30.png)
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And here's the second graph for Jan 30. Also, as of this post, the total is at $308,937 $309,007. So, yeah. I wonder what mystery prize number 3 is. (Check here to see a listing of the new packages he's added as of last night.)
![[Image: KickstarterGraph_Jan30b.png]](http://www.giantitp.com/Images/gitpkick/KickstarterGraph_Jan30b.png)
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wow
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You know, I don't read OOTS, but even so I'm now tempted to pledge a few bucks, just to help this crack the top 10.
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You're not the only one, Bob. Not the only one at all...
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Bob Schroeck Wrote:You know, I don't read OOTS, but even so I'm now tempted to pledge a few bucks, just to help this crack the top 10. Too late, they've already cracked the top ten. On the other hand, if you pledge $10 at this point, you'll get a magnet, an original PDF story titled "How the Paladin Got His Scar", an original PDF story about man-of-action Julio Scoundrel, an original PDF story with the OOTS as 'Dim Sun' characters (based upon D&D's Dark Sun campaign setting), an original PDF prequel story titled "Sir Francois and the Dragon (featuring his herald, Elan!), and three short (8-12 page) stories based upon requests by people who pledged $1,250 or more. As the amount pledged grows, even more extras may be added.
Since I already own all the books, I plan to wait until Rich either adds something I want to the rewards or it becomes obvious that he isn't adding anything I want, at which point I'll settle for a $10 pledge so I can get the magnet and PDF bundle.
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I currently have $25 dollars pledged. I originally had $10, but I decided I wanted the art print. I might have pledged more, if I didn't already own all of the books. (Also, I do highly recommend reading OoTS. It is an excellent piece of storytelling.)
As of this post, the Kickstarter total stands at $352,990.
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![[Image: KickstarterGraph_Feb01.png]](http://www.giantitp.com/Images/gitpkick/KickstarterGraph_Feb01.png)
Large graph is large 
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Nearly 410K? o.O
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When does this become the #1 kickstarter ever? Or has it already passed that point?
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#1 is something like $950K. OOTS is still only #6 or#7.
So sayeth Wikpedia.
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